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  • Feb 1, 1934
    Folk singer Bob Shane is born in Hawaii. He joins The Kingston Trio, whose single "Tom Dooley" wins the first Grammy given for a country recording in 1959
    Jun 1, 1967
    The Kingston Trio calls it quits. Group members Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane and John Stewart insist they remain friends but express frustration with their lot in life: "The public won't let us sing anything but 'Tom Dooley' and other standard folk tunes"
    Jul 28, 2017
    Josh Reynolds, son of the late Nick Reynolds, sues his father's former Kingston Trio partner, Bob Shane, in Los Angeles. Reynolds holds that he paid $100,000 for exclusive rights to tour under the band's name only to discover Shane was booking another trio with the same name
    Jan 26, 2020
    Bob Shane, the last original member of The Kingston Trio, dies with pneumonia in Phoenix. His group won the first Grammy for Best Country & Western Performance in 1959 for "Tom Dooley"

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